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A POLICY OF OPENNESS IS BEST
(Editorial ~ 11/03/95)
The search for a new president of Southeast Missouri State University moved into full swing this week. A 24-member search committee has been organized and has already met to lay the groundwork for the process that is expected to last several months. Along the way, the committee will provide suggestions for the professional consultant that has been hired by the university's regents...
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EMERSON TACKLES BIGGEST FIGHT OF ALL
(Editorial ~ 11/03/95)
Friends, supporters and close associates of Congressman Bill Emerson shared a sense of dismay, followed by a strong show of support and optimism, when the announcement was made Wednesday that the veteran legislator has lung cancer. This isn't the first time Emerson's health has been on the minds of those who know him best. ...
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BROOKS TO FILL TOWNSHIP POST
(Local News ~ 11/03/95)
The Dunklin County Commission has named G.W. "Bud" Brooks to fill a position on the Salem Township Board. Brooks will fill the vacancy created by the recent death of Raymond Winkle. Winkle was elected to the township board in April. Brooks will complete the remainder of Winkle's two-year term which is to expire in April 1997...
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STATE SEEKS MORE FEDERAL MONEY FOR BRIDGE PROJECT
(Local News ~ 11/03/95)
Additional sources of federal funding for the planned Mississippi River bridge at Cape Girardeau are still being sought, according to the head of the Missouri Highway Commission. However, he is confident that obstacle will be cleared without forcing the project to be delayed...
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CAPE LEADERS VISIT PADUCAH TECH SCHOOL
(Local News ~ 11/03/95)
PADUCAH, Ky. -- A trip organized by Cape Girardeau businessman Jim Drury and Chamber of Commerce Director John Mehner allowed 20 community leaders to compare technical education in Cape Girardeau and Paducah. People from Cape Girardeau public and parochial schools, Southeast Missouri State University and Cape Girardeau businesses made the trip Thursday. ...
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MERCHANTS BACK FED BUILDING SITE
(Local News ~ 11/03/95)
The 400 block on the north side of Broadway offers the best site for a new federal courthouse, a group of downtown merchants say. The federal government's General Services Administration is looking for a site for a new federal courthouse, and it wants the new building to be in the downtown area of Cape Girardeau near the existing Federal Building in the 300 block of Broadway...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: IT'S TIME TO CHANGE TIME TO REAL TIME
(Column ~ 11/03/95)
Try and figure this out: Does daylight-saving time really save daylight? Or does it just shuffle the hours around like Congress messing with budgets? A lot of things don't make sense until someone with the right information offers a satisfactory explanation. You have tried and tried, but no one has been able to explain why the clocks have to be changed every six months...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 11/03/95)
I REALLY enjoyed the article about the monuments in the Common Pleas Courthouse park. There's another thing I'd like to ask about though. During our bicentennial in 1976, the local DAR chapter placed in the courthouse a plaque containing the names of the Revolutionary War soldiers who lived here in Cape Girardeau County. ...
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YOUNG VIOLINIST TO PRESENT RECITAL
(Local News ~ 11/03/95)
When she was 2 1/2 years old, Liesl Schoenberger began playing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" on a Suzuki Method violin no bigger than a toy. Sunday, playing a borrowed Italian violin made in 1747, 11-year-old Liesl will play Beethoven's Sonata No. 1 Op. 12 No. 1 and Edouard Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole Op. 21 in a solo recital at Old St. Vincent's Church...
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SALVATION ARMY SEEKS DINNER HELP
(Local News ~ 11/03/95)
Volunteers and donations of food are needed for the Salvation Army's annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner. The dinner will run from noon to 2 p.m. Thanksgiving Day at the Salvation Army, 701 Good Hope. Jackie Thieke of the Salvation Army said attendance usually averages between 400 and 500 people...
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CAPE DOCTOR TAKES KNOWLEDGE TO POLAND, RUSSIA
(Local News ~ 11/03/95)
Dr. Richard Kies wasn't too impressed with the architecture in Moscow, but he did get to scrub with the surgeon who pioneered radial keratotomy. Kies, a Cape Girardeau ophthalmologist, recently returned from Poland and Russia, where he and other physicians shared technology and techniques...
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WORK ON SOUTHEAST, ST. FRANCIS IMPROVEMENTS ON SCHEDULE
(Local News ~ 11/03/95)
Construction of a front entrance and lobby area at Southeast Missouri Hospital is on schedule, said Richard Meyer, the hospital's assistant administrator said. "At this point, we may be just a bit ahead of schedule," said Meyer. The project is the third and final phase of the hospital's five-year expansion plan. The $5.9 million project includes construction of a 20,000-plus square-foot main lobby and exterior courtyard, plus renovation of areas within the hospital and the loading dock area...
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CENTRAL PLAY OFFERS LOOK AT REMODELED AUDITORIUM
(Local News ~ 11/03/95)
Central High School student Meg Davis paused Thursday from her work preparing for the school's production of "Arsenic and Old Lace" to show off the new look of the auditorium where the play will be presented this weekend. "It looks great," she said, sweeping her arms around the room, "With all this, it makes us feel like we're professionals."...
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CHARLEY BURNEY
(Obituary ~ 11/03/95)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Charley Burney, 74, of East Prairie, died Wednesday, Nov. 1, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie is in charge of arrangements.
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LOUISE CURRAN
(Obituary ~ 11/03/95)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Louise "Cindy" Curran, 81, of Cairo, died Thursday, Nov. 2, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born Jan. 13, 1914, in Cairo, daughter of Whitfield and Vive Anderson Runalls. Curran was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Daughters of Isabella and Altar Guild...
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JULIA HILL
(Obituary ~ 11/03/95)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Julia Hill, 77, of Cairo died Thursday, Nov. 2, 1995, at Meridian Manor Nursing Home in Mounds, Ill. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Barkett Funeral Home in Mound City, Ill.
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TROY I. HENDRIX
(Obituary ~ 11/03/95)
OAK RIDGE -- Troy I. Hendrix, 77, died Thursday, Nov. 2, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 18, 1918, at Burfordville, son of John W. and Katie Allard Hendrix. He and Lala V. (Sue) Pennebaker were married March 24, 1939...
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FRANK C. DILLAHAY
(Obituary ~ 11/03/95)
Frank C. Dillahay, 71, of Old Appleton, died Thursday, Nov. 2, 1995, at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryvillest.
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DOROTHY A. ECKELMANN
(Obituary ~ 11/03/95)
Graveside service for Dorothy A. Eckelmann of Cape Girardeau will be held at 2 p.m. today at Memorial Park. Pastor James Caughlan will officiate. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Eckelmann, 88, died Wednesday, Nov. 1, 1995, at Ratliff Care Center...
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LAVERNE LISTON
(Obituary ~ 11/03/95)
VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Funeral service for Laverne Liston of Camdenton, Mo., will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge. The Rev. David Wyatt will officiate, with burial in Spencer Heights Cemetery at Mounds. Liston, 78, died Tuesday, Oct. 31, 1995, at her home...
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MARVIN H. PHILLIPS
(Obituary ~ 11/03/95)
BLOOMFIELD -- Marvin Henry Phillips, 83, of Bloomfield, died Thursday, Nov. 2, 1995, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter. He was born Feb. 29, 1912, at Bloomfield, son of Henry and Martha Cates Phillips. He and Wanda Short were married June 10, 1933. She died July 31, 1991...
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KEITH R. TOLLIVER
(Obituary ~ 11/03/95)
Keith R. Tolliver, 83, 615 N. Henderson, died Thursday, Nov. 2, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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ARTHUR HENDRICKSON
(Obituary ~ 11/03/95)
ESSEX -- Arthur "Lucky" Hendrickson, 55, of Essex, died Thursday, Nov. 2, 1995, at Mineral Area Hospital in Farmington. He was born Nov. 8, 1939, in Washington State. He and Eunice Pullum were married May 28, 1994, at Bloomfield. Hendrickson had lived in Essex the past six years, and had been a truck driver most of his life. He was a member of the Harley-Davidson Club and Dexter Eagles...
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INONA HOWARD
(Obituary ~ 11/03/95)
CHARLESTON -- Inona Howard, 76, died Thursday, Nov. 2, 1995, at Hunter Acres Caring Center in Sikeston. She was born April 20, 1919, in Midway, Ala., daughter of Leondas and Clara Nevels Lane. She married James A. Howard, who died in 1987. Howard was a graduate of Lincoln High School here, and 1937 graduate of Lincoln University in Jefferson City. She owned and operated New York Style Shoppe in Chicago more than 33 years. She was a member of Christ Universal Temple in Chicago...
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JAMES R. EDWARDS
(Obituary ~ 11/03/95)
Graveside service for James Robert Edwards of Welborn, Fla., will be held at 9:30 a.m. today in Memorial Park. The Rev. Bonnie Sparks will officiate. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Edwards, 50, died Tuesday, Oct. 10, 1995, at Hollywood Memorial Hospital in Hollywood, Fla. He was formerly of Cape Girardeau...
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MARY A. BLATTEL
(Obituary ~ 11/03/95)
NEW HAMBURG -- Mary Ann Blattel, 77, of New Hamburg, died Thursday, Nov. 2, 1995, at her home. She was born Oct. 22, 1918, at Leopold, daughter of George and Mary Boulter Schulte. She and Michael Frank Blattel were married Nov. 26, 1944. Blattel retired in 1983 as head of housekeeping at Howard Johnson's in Cape Girardeau. She was a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church and its St. Ann's Sodality...
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SAMUEL GOODWIN
(Obituary ~ 11/03/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Samuel Goodwin, 71, of Perryville died Wednesday, Nov. 1, 1995, at Perry County Nursing Home. He was born July 19, 1924, at East St. Louis, Ill. He was married to Lorene Buff in 1971. Goodwin was employed by the Missouri State Highway Department as a mechanic. He also was a member of the St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, the American Legion Post 133 and VFW Post 4282 and a veteran of the U.S. Navy...
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